July 5, 2012

My Dish to Pass ~ Watermelon Salsa

We celebrated Independence Day, like so many others, by having a picnic in the backyard with family and friends. My youngest daughter hosted this event, and while the temperatures remained in the high 90's with a heat index of well over 100 degrees, we all managed to have a fabulous time.

Everyone was invited to bring a dish to pass, I was asked to make baked beans, I politely declined. What I actually said to my daughter went something like this: "Are you crazy, I'm not turning the oven on to make baked beans in this kind of heat!"

A few weeks ago, while perusing Facebook, one of friends posted a photo of her salsa, she had 26 comments from friends raving about her salsa. I messaged her and asked for the recipe. To my surprise that photo on Facebook was watermelon salsa. With the recipe in hand, I decided to make the salsa for my dish to pass for the 4th of July picnic.

I'm sure that this recipe has been all over the internet and Pintrerest, but I thought I would still share.

Watermelon Salsa

This my watermelon salsa.

Ingredients need for recipe:

Seedless watermelon, about 2.5 pounds

2 jalapeno peppers

1 bunch of cilantro

1 red onion

1 green pepper

2 limes

salt

To make you will need to:

Chop 3 cups of watermelon into small cubes

Dice 1/3 cup cilantro, about half a bunch

Dice 1/4 cup red onion

Dice 1/4 cup green pepper

Dice 2 jalapeno peppers

1/4 cup of fresh lime juice

1/4 teaspoon salt

Place all the ingredients into a bowl and mix together. Serve with tortilla chips.

The salsa turned out to be a refreshing mouthful and everyone seemed to like it.

I can just see you saying that to your daughter. I tried a watermelon salsa last year at a pool party - it was really good. I was invited to my neighbors and we took food into her and her husband since she is down with a broken leg.